Maironis
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Maironis was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and the greatest and most-known Lithuanian poet, especially of the period of the Lithuanian press ban. He was called the Bard of Lithuanian National Revival. Maironis was active in public life. However, the Lithuanian literary historian Juozas Brazaitis writes that Maironis was not.
Maironis
Maironis's former house; now the Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum in Kaunas
Poem by Maironis Skausmo skundas
20 Lithuanian litas (2001)
Lithuanian literature
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Lithuanian literature concerns the art of written works created by Lithuanians throughout their history.
First Lithuanian book (1547) The Simple Words of Catechism by Martynas Mažvydas
The title page of Radivilias (1592, Vilnius). The poem celebrating commander Mikalojus Radvila Rudasis (1512–1584) and recounts the famous victory of Lithuanian armed forces over Moscow troops (1564).
Panegyric to Sigismund III Vasa, visiting Vilnius, first hexameter in Lithuanian language, 1589
Lithuanian language primer for kids, published in Vilnius, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1783 edition